Zoom Presentation
Value-Based or Value-Less?
From the Board Room to the Exam Room:
Medicare, Privatization and the Menace of Value-Based Care
Featuring Dr. Ana Malinow
Tuesday, November 28, from 7 to 8:30 pm PT
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Sponsored by the State League of Women Voters Healthcare Interest Group
Zoom Presentation
“Is Medicare Advantage Preying on People of Color?”
Featuring Dr. Claudia Fegan
Monday, December 4, at 5 pm PT
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Sponsored by Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
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“…the traditional annual physical, in person, with a medical doctor, is getting harder to come by.”
No One’s Promising You Can Keep Your Doctor Anymore
Politico | Daniel Payne, Erin Schumaker | November 26, 2023
“A survey released earlier this month by the physicians’ trade group Medical Group Management Association found 97 percent of medical group practices said an insurer delayed or denied medically necessary care.”
‘It Was Stunning’: Bipartisan Anger Aimed at Medicare Advantage Care Denials
Politico | Robert King | November 24, 2023
“Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have drawn attention to the benefits of hospice care. But it’s not serving everyone well.”
Many Americans With Dementia Can’t Get the Hospice Care They Need
Vox | Keren Landman | November 24, 2023
“Proposals targeting misaligned financial incentives, price transparency, and pharmacy access are important and necessary reforms. But the consequences of failing to address pharmacy benefit managers’ use of market power to block competition and extract monopoly profits from payers and consumers will not be limited to drug costs….”
PBMs Are in Regulators’ Crosshairs But Are Regulators Missing the Point?
MedCity News | Chris Blackley | November 23, 2023
“Employers have also raised concerns about their health plans’ ability to provide high-quality care, with most firms giving their plans ‘C’ grades on overall quality, cost-effectiveness and value….”
Average Per-Worker Cost of Health Benefits Rose by 5.2% in 2023: Survey
Healthcare Dive | Emily Olsen | November 22, 2023
“The increased costs come as new changes put into law through the Inflation Reduction Act will lower the out-of-pocket maximum drug costs for seniors to $2,000 in 2025, down from more than $7,000 in 2023.”
Retirees Face Significantly Higher Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Premiums in 2024. What to Know
Lorie Konish | November 21, 2023
“Medicare for All would eliminate the various eligibility requirements that exclude people from coverage. It would remove obstacles to health equity in Baltimore and across the nation.”
Baltimore City Council Joins More Than 100 Localities in Support of Medicare for All
Public Citizen | November 21, 2023
“…healthcare in the United States is unaffordable for the nation’s poorest patients, but … healthcare affordability is a big problem for high-income people in the US, too.”
Healthcare Affordability Woes Affect High- and Low-Income Patients Alike
Patient Engagement Hit | Sara Heath | November 20, 2023
“…states’ outdated eligibility and technology systems and workforce shortages are adding to the challenge of redetermining who’s eligible….”
States Rethink Medicaid Enrollment Efforts as Millions Lose Coverage
Axios | Maya Goldman | November 20, 2023
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